Geert Wilders: "War Has Been Declared against Us"

A Speech in the Netherlands Parliament

During the past ten years and two days, the ostrich cabinets did nothing. Every warning was ignored. They lied to the people.

Do not prevent jihadists from leaving our country. Let them leave. I am prepared to go to Schiphol [airport] to wave them goodbye. But let them never come back.

Madam Speaker, war has been declared against us.

Madam Speaker, actually I was expecting flowers from you. I am celebrating an anniversary these days. Exactly ten years and two days ago, I left a party whose name I cannot immediately remember. During these ten years and two days. I have been much criticized. Most importantly for always saying the same thing.

My critics are right. Indeed, my message had been the same during all these years. And today, I will repeat the same message about Islam again. For the umpteenth time. As I have been doing for ten years and two days.

I have been vilified for my film Fitna. And not just vilified, but even prosecuted. Madam Speaker, while not so many years ago, everyone refused to broadcast my film Fitna, we can today watch Fitna 2, 3, 4 and 5 daily on our television screens. It is not a clash of civilizations that is going on, but a clash between barbarism and civilization.

The Netherlands has become the victim of Islam because the political elite looked away. Here, in these room, they are all present, here and also in the Cabinet, all these people who looked away. Every warning was ignored.

As a result, also in our country today, Christians are being told: "We want to murder you all." Jews receive death threats. Swastika flags at demonstrations, stones go through windows, Molotov cocktails, Hitler salutes are being made, macabre black ISIS flags wave in the wind, we hear cries, such as "F-ck the Talmud," on the central square in Amsterdam.

Indeed, Madam Speaker, this summer, Islam came to us.

In all naivety, Deputy Prime Minister Asscher states that there is an "urgent demand" from Muslims to "crack down" on this phenomenon. Last Friday, in its letter to Parliament, the Cabinet wrote that jihadists are hardly significant. They are called a "sect", and a "small" group.

This is what those who look away wish, these deniers of the painful truth for ten years and two days, the ostrich brigade Rutte 2.

But the reality is different. According to a study, 73% of all Moroccans and Turks in the Netherlands are of the opinion that those who go to Syria to fight in the jihad are "heroes." People whom they admire.

And this is not a new phenomenon. Thirteen years ago, 3,000 people died in the attacks of 9/11. We remember the images of burning people jumping from the twin towers. Then, also, three-quarters of the Muslims in the Netherlands condoned this atrocity. That is not a few Muslims, but hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the Netherlands condoning terrorism and saying jihadists are heroes. I do not make this up. It has been investigated. It is a ticking time bomb.

Madam Speaker, is it a coincidence that for centuries Muslims were involved in all these atrocities? No, it is not a coincidence. They simply act according to their ideology. According to Islam, Allah dictated the truth to Muhammad, "the perfect man." Hence, whoever denies the Koran, denies Allah. And Allah leaves no ambiguity about what he wants. Here are a few quotes from the Quran:

Surah 8 verse 60: "Prepare to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah."

Surah 47 verse 4: "Therefore, when ye meet the unbelievers, smite at their necks". We see it every day in the news.

Another quote from Allah is Surah 4 verse 89: "So take not friends from the ranks of the unbelievers, seize them and kill them wherever ye find them."

Madam Speaker, the Koran on the table before you is a handbook for terrorists. Blood drips from its pages. It calls for perpetual war against non-believers. That Koran before you is the hunting permit for millions of Muslims. A license to kill. That book is the Constitution of the Islamic State. What ISIS does is what Allah commands.

This bloodthirsty ideology was able to nestle in the Netherlands because our elites looked away. Neighborhoods such as Schilderswijk, Transvaal, Crooswijk, Slotervaart, Kanaleneiland, Huizen, you name it. There, the caliphate is under construction; there, the Islamic State is in preparation.

During the past ten years and two days , the ostrich Cabinets did nothing. It has nothing to do with Islam, they lied to the people. Imagine them having to tell the truth.

But the people have noticed. Two thirds of all Dutch say that the Islamic culture does not belong in the Netherlands. Including the majority of the electorate of the Labour Party, the majority of the voters of the VVD, the majority of the voters of the CDA, and all the voters of the PVV.

The voters demand that, after ten years and two days of slumber, measures are finally taken. The voters demand that something effective happen. No semi-soft palliatives. Allow me to make a few suggestions to the away-with-us mafia. Here are a few things which should happen starting today:

Recognize that Islam is the problem. Start the de-Islamization of the Netherlands. Less Islam.

Close every Salafist mosque which receives even a penny from the Gulf countries. Deprive all jihadists of their passports, even if they only have a Dutch passport. Let them take an ISIS passport.

Do not prevent jihadists from leaving our country. Let them leave, with as many friends as possible. If it helps, I am even prepared to go to Schiphol [airport] to wave them goodbye. But let them never come back. That is the condition. Good riddance.

And, as far as I am concerned, anyone who expresses support for terror as a means to overthrow our constitutional democracy has to leave the country at once. If you are waving an ISIS flag you are waving an exit ticket. Leave! Get out of our country!

Madam Speaker, war has been declared against us. We have to strike back hard. Away with these people! Enough is enough!

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62 Reader Comments

merle • Jan 25, 2015 at 17:19

Mr Wilders should receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He is 100% correct.I am astounded that people are so blind and uneducated in Islamic teachings. By the way I am a Christian and it breaks my heart when innocent Christians (also children) are beheaded by Islamist thugs.Dear Mr Wilders please keep up your good work.

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Dorothy Hughes • Jan 11, 2015 at 10:01

Why is is that so many in powerful Government positions refuse to speak out against terrorism in our country of peace. When atrocities take place there is an outcry to support the innocent Muslim population, yet members of these communities freely sprout their venom against us on our streets & in the media. Freedom of speech is the cry - that freedom does not mean freedom to threaten death & destruction to the very country these people have chosen as their supposed haven. Believe me, the Ostrich is alive & well in beautiful Australia! It is the same in every country & it breaks my heart. To speak out, without threat or malice but just to voice an opinion concerning Islam/Muslims is to be called 'racist'! Yet, people will speak freely in private, expressing their fears.

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Angus • Nov 9, 2014 at 17:34

How has any European country benefited by opening it's borders to these people? Do they make Europe a safer place to live? Have they made Europe great? Are they good for tourism? Do they bring anything positive to Europe? Do they respect the citizens of Europe and the customs? Do they support themselves without burdening the tax payers? Do they love Europe or what they can get from her?

Do they victimize the European people in large proportions to their small numbers? Wouldn't crimes against the European people foreshadow their true intentions? Do they trash up the areas they inhabit in Europe? If they victimize the host country's people and trash up their land after they have been given a new start at life, wouldn't that be like a direct "screw you"? Do they demand you to change your ways and customs so they can tolerate you? Do they respect the peoples government? Your family? Your people? Your culture?

If they are guilty of three of these questions then It would be safe to say they should not be in Europe. There is more harm than good for Europe and her people.

If a European country don't let the hoards flood their land they are called "racist" and "Nazis" if they let them in, their country will be torn apart. Which one is easier to live with? Which one does the most damage? Which choice is beneficial to the European country and it's people? Wake up before it's too late

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Aridaman • Sep 18, 2014 at 08:35

I wish there were more politicians like Geert Wilders not only in Europe and the United States but also in India who could call a spade a spade and not a shovel or even a bucket in the name of political correctness!

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Rochelle • Sep 11, 2014 at 15:22

There are special people in this world who can see what is in the future. It is a combination of knowledge and intuition.

Geert Wilders is one of these people. I have been following his speeches for years.

It takes a long time for regular people to catch up to him. The future has arrived and it is still hard for many to accept that there is such EVIL brewing.

When Geert Wilders is noted in history books he will be called the "Prophet" who saw what was coming.

May he have the courage and stamina to continue his work.

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James • Sep 8, 2014 at 17:51

Hardly anything has been done about radical Islamist jihad because everyone has been led to think it is a movement against Israel through UN condemnations of Israel. But the UN condemnations of Israel are actually a Trojan horse to allow radical Islamist jihadists penetrate western nations as part of an anti-Western movement to damage or destroy Western nations and civilization. That is why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UN condemnations of Israel never stop - the radical Islamist jihadists want to continue their anti-Western campaign for as long as the Trojan horse of UN condemnations of Israel holds out. So while western nations think that the radical Islamist jihad is a movement against Israel, it is actually a campaign to destroy Western civilization; and very little is done about because everyone thinks it is about Israel.

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Rok • Sep 8, 2014 at 12:50

I just admire this man.10 years he went through hell, but he is brave enough to stand it.

I didn't know him before 2013 or so, but surely the first years he spoke like that everyone called him fascist, islamophobe, intolerant...I saw even the media did everything to discredit him -- unbelievable.But now it is turning, and he is absolutely right. I hope the politicians, the media and also the majority of the people will recognise that.

Never give in, never ever!

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y Brandstetter MD • Sep 8, 2014 at 03:28

With 400 or more Dutch leaving every day, and close to 400 dying every day, and far more than 400 immigrants coming every day, Geert is losing his Dutch people at a rate of greater than 1200 a day. That's a population shift of half a million in one year. In a country of 16 million, that is a lot. Combine with the fact the Dutch women increasingly choose not to bring children into this ISIS world and what you have is a loss of one of Europe's greatest nations.
But then 93% of Holland's Jews were exported to the gas chambers. So what what goes round comes round.

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Graeme Thompson • Sep 7, 2014 at 10:56

A great speech by a truly great man, but his alliance with the French National Front is a huge error of judgement. They're Nazis practising their own version of taqqiyah.

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Chuck Bradley • Sep 7, 2014 at 09:29

Netherlands should have listened to Mr. Wilders... I cannot believe that in some places in the Netherlands Sharia law has been deemed OK, as one civic official noted, if that's what the people want...good grief folks you are going to be very unhappy if you let Sharia take hold in your lovely country.....

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betty • Sep 7, 2014 at 06:15

Many years ago Wilders gave us a warning that this was going on and nobody in the government in Holland was listening. He was crazy - that's what they said. I hope they will listen now.

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KunTewk • Sep 6, 2014 at 14:37

The entire West is in peril. The USA is a mere shell of its former self. We lack leadership. I'd elect Geert Wilder the leader of the entire Western world.

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Alexander Mc Lauchlan • Sep 6, 2014 at 08:38

How was the speech received . Has there been any action by the Dutch parliament ? Belgium seems set to become Belgiumstan by the year 2030.

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linda goudsmit • Sep 5, 2014 at 21:10

Geert Wilders is an exceptional man. One of the few heroes of our time who has the courage to say the unsayable. Islamism is a political movement that seeks world domination under sharia law. I am shocked and appalled by the barbarity of Islamists and I am outraged by the mainstream media and every western leader, especially Barack Obama, who deny and downplay Islamism's existential threat to freedom.

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Rochelle Weinreich • Sep 5, 2014 at 12:07

Europe deserves what they are getting. Mr Wilders spoke some years ago about the infiltration of the Islamists and now Europe has them and they are getting ready to maim, kill, murder every (as they call them) non believer.Now how the hell are you going to get rid of them?

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Paul Kato • Sep 5, 2014 at 05:07

The most beautiful and truthful speech i have had in long while. I only hope that the Dutch government pay heed to his word this time around. They won't dare try any of this nonsense in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Morocco, Turkey, Algeria and Qatar, they dare not if not they get their heads chopped off. European Nations better start taking drastic actions, if not another Hitler will rise from these ingrates that have enjoyed a good life and benefited from the largesse and good people of Europe, most especially a country like the Netherlands.

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james hazan • Sep 5, 2014 at 05:05

I am reminded of a speech made by the Emperor of Abyssinia, Haile Selassie to the league of nations in 1936. He begged the world to help his poor nation from the fascist onslaught. Like ostriches they (The West) kept their heads in the sand, and by 1945 hundreds of millions died or were crippled. Today there is a man, a Mr Wilders, who is warning the West of yet another calamity. Listen to him, otherwise you will have to witness the decapitation of your children and mourn them until it is YOUR turn.

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Richard • Sep 5, 2014 at 02:57

Dear Friends,

I just created a new petition and I hope you can sign -- it's called: To the United Nations: Seek that the highest Islamic clerics in all Muslim states issue a fatwa.

Don't be misled by the title - it is a call for moderation and sanity in an attempt to counteract "religiously justified" racial and ethnic hatred and mass murder, and to stop the brainwashing of youth, which will endure for generations. This is a world-wide issue, not just affecting the Middle East. We are all affected.

The aim of the petition may seem to be a hopeless task, but what else can we do as intelligent and concerned human beings? Sit back and wait? Military and economic measures will not be the answer. Ideology simply ignores reality. The way to deal with ideology is by ideology.

You have all seen news clips of "hate preachers" spreading their message to gullible audiences. We all know about terrorism, suicide bombers... To see the extent to which even children's minds are being groomed and poisoned, take just one minute to look at this extract from a children's programme on the Hamas-controlled Gaza television channel. All 'justified' by religious edict. These are the future 'martyrs' being groomed.

ISIS is just the beginning of a new world wide threat to stability; its campaign is based on the Koranic edict of 'jihad'. [Surah 8.65] Preachers now talk of conquering and Islamifying Rome, then Europe, then America...

In any context other than religion a publication such as the Koran would be BANNED in most countries as an incitement to racial hatred. Surah 9.30: "And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them!" ...... " seize [the unbelievers] and kill them wherever you find them".

Many moderate, civilised Muslims are ashamed by the barbaric perversion of their religion. Yet they are afraid to question the literal interpretations of the Koran for fear of being branded heretics. But if nothing is done, there will ultimately be a backlash and conflict between the world and Islam, and noone knows what the limits of that conflict will be.

Campaigns like this always start small, but they grow when people like us get involved -- there is no reason why we should not get a million or more signatures. This is a issue affecting world peace and the UN is the best forum for debate and action. Please take a second right now to help out by signing, and passing this email on to your own contacts. Start a wildfire of peace and sanity.

Thanks so much, Richard

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Christopher Savarimuthu • Sep 5, 2014 at 02:17

They should have listened to Wilders years ago. They should have begun the process of de-Islamization back then. Now it is all the more difficult to end the scourge of militant Islam wherever it is found.I believe Islam, in itself, is not the problem but fanatical adherents are using it for their own ends.I agree with Wilders that Islam should be curtailed in the Netherlands and wherever militant Islam rears its ugly head....now before it is too late.

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Giovanna Visconti • Sep 4, 2014 at 21:23

She is right.

Mr. Wilders is a very great, very brave man.

We need more men like him in the West. Before it's too late.

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Robert L. Moore • Sep 4, 2014 at 21:20

I live in Northwest Oregon in the Western extreme of America. I have many Facebook friends around Oregon and the United States, who feel exactly as this brave man does. I truly wish we had an honest politician who would speak out truthfully about Islam like Geert Wilder does as I believe most Americans feel this way to, but most Americans are afraid to speak openly about how they feel, because of political correctness. I would certainly like to see this man speak to a joint session of Congress in the United States.

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Fred • Sep 4, 2014 at 20:19

Europe should wake up now, before it wakes to a vicious nightmare. The brazenness of the Islamist Imams to proclaim their rights to Europe & the world on TV is amazing, they seem to get away with it. It should remind the world the NAZI started that way , nobody did anything but talk platitudes & the world was put on fire. Europa wake up..

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Deena Moysha Fred • Sep 5, 2014 at 08:59

At last a politician who is willing to speak the truth. A shame that there are not more like him and even more who are willing to act. It is well past time that these terrorists were removed from all non Islamic countries.

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Stan Lee • Sep 4, 2014 at 20:03

To have a patriot of the Netherlands the caliber of Geert Wilders is a gift that other patriots should celebrate and support. That man's heart beats for the Dutch people!
Any people who could have evicted an ocean to replace it with green pastures should be able to unite in being the first EU nation with the courage and dedication to reclaim there country too. Do it!And, while the great Dutch people are at it, there's obviously a major house-cleaning due in a government so blind and insensitive to the Dutch that it would allow the presence of a herd of Islamist fanatics to settle in the land built by Dutch blood and tears, and to infect it with their hate. For shame!God bless the Dutch people and especially, God bless Geert Wilders.

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Tom Lessing • Sep 4, 2014 at 19:52

What most people do not understand or want to understand is the the elitists/globalists are deliberately and tirelessly working to cause havoc and chaos in the world.

All the politicians in all countries are merely pawns and deliberately turning a blind-eye to crises such as 9/11, the Isis terror, Hamas, and the Islamization of Europe and America.

They actually want chaos and mayhem to reign; they want terror; they want the death and destruction of the masses; they want weak leaders who supposedly don't have strategies to fight terror because that makes it so much easier to inaugurate their New World Order.

Check it out. Each and every time a crisis strikes, world leaders sing their New World Order dirge. They have no respect for life, true liberty, justice and freedom. Disgusting!

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VarAway • Sep 4, 2014 at 19:00

Like Always, Mr. Wilders is right on the dot.He is right about Islam, about Israel, about open borders, about the E.U. about the Euro currency, about NATO,about the Ukraine situation with Putin, about foreign aid, about Gaza, about Iran, about Turkey & freaky Erdogan, about Judea & Samaria.The problem is the voters are afraid to speak up and SAY they vote for him and his PVV party. Because the MSM are killing him/his party by means of naming and framing and a nearly complete cordon sanitaire, saying they are the neo nazi's, the extreme right wingers. They call him a facist.....This year will show a change in The Netherlands and Europe...the People are VERY upset. Slowly the tide is turning in Wilders favor.I wish him strength and courage!Power to Geert!

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Rita Taylor • Sep 4, 2014 at 17:22

What a brave and outstanding declaration!Rise up, O Men and Women of God!

Thank you! Thank you Mr. Wilders!

Let God arise in His people and Our enemies be scattered!

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Elisheva • Sep 4, 2014 at 17:05

Excellent!!!! Bravo!!!! We also need to send this message to our government pronto....or is it too late?

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Sonny Elisheva • Sep 6, 2014 at 22:12

A timely warning before the world degenerates into another catastrophe. Send the message to Obama, Cameron, to Spain and all Europe.

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Aia Sakubi • Sep 4, 2014 at 16:25

Mr. WildersDo you have more suggestions on how to act against Islamist aggression?Thank you for this articleBest,Aia

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John MacArthur • Sep 4, 2014 at 16:09

The fact that Mr Wilders' remarks spark so much positive comment is testament to the fact they he speaks where so many others are silent. Whether we agree with him or not, and to what extent, he is articulating thoughts which run deep in the national consciousness of many.

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Mark Anderson • Sep 4, 2014 at 16:09

Geert Wilders is absolutely right about the threat jihadis pose to Western democratic societies. Jihadi values and goals are incompatible with Western values. Anyone who leaves a Western country to fight with jihadis should be inadmissible to return to any Western country. Strip them of their passports, citizen or not. Strip them of their citizenship if need be. Deport them. Treat jihadis as traitors and deal with them accordingly. Anyone who fights with ISIS or any similar jihadi group should be ineligible for admittance into any western country.

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Bien • Sep 4, 2014 at 16:04

All peace-loving government officials wherever they govern must possess Geert Wilders' resolve against the establishment of ISIS and Islamic Jihadists. Obama must become Geert Wilders' student!

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cmtljnpkisvji1683 • Sep 4, 2014 at 15:35

Europe better do something soon,what Geert is saying is absolutely correct.He is NO racist at all, but a knight in shining armour whom we need very urgently.We in India understand every bit of what he is saying because we have been facing it for more than a 1000 years.

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Doug Mayfield • Sep 4, 2014 at 15:05

'Against stupidity the Gods themselves contend in vain.' Mr. Wilders has taken on a God-like challenge and gets my hearty congratulations for doing so.

But the stupidity to which I refer is not a genetic lack of the ability to think but instead is the self-inflicted conceptual blindness, the chronic evasion of reality and facts, of the Left, which dominates the 'thinking' (using that word very loosely) of politicians and members of the media both here in America and in Europe.

If this blindness only got members of the Left murdered or enslaved, I'd say they got exactly what they deserved and so good riddance, but unfortunately, they are hell bent on taking the rest of us down with them.

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Juan • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:59

It must be the most difficult thing -- 350 million people live here... but we should start somewhere!

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Haroldpom • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:58

Where are the truth-tellers in Britain, France, Germany and even the United States and Canada who face similar situations in their countries. Too afraid to speak up? Don't want to be called an Islamaphobe? Islamists do not believe in multiculturalism. There are no multicultural Muslim states. They will use it to tear our institutions and societies. Do not let them.

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Ron Kopman Haroldpom • Sep 4, 2014 at 23:53

I have been following this incredible man for a number of years. He is a politician and humanist who recognizes reality and has the courage to speak the truth. If we had leaders who possessed the same wisdom and foresight, this world would be a much better place and global sanity might prevail. Compare him with a snake named Obama whose has his head in the sand among other demonizing flaws. G-d protect him and keep his values and spirit alive. This world is in trouble. We need a Geert Wilders to survive.

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Shelagh in Canada Haroldpom • Sep 5, 2014 at 00:13

Our conservative Prime Minister in Canada is hated pathologically by the left for many things. The usual problems with the left, believing as a Conservative he is only playing to those with scads of cash etc.

In any event, he has openly stood up and declared our country to be a friend to Israel and that he does not buy the Palestinian victimhood mantle they choose to wear.He's one of the only few leaders in the world to side with Israel.He has also openly mention on many an occasion that the United Nations is a pathetic joke.The left hate him, the right love him as does Israel.

Its not a step further to know how he feels about Islam.In Canada, our Muslim population seem to be much better integrated than we see elsewhere.That isn't to say we don't have a few of our own little Jihadi wannabes but I think we are about 10-15 years behind Europe so while many on the left here hate to hear about ending immigration to Canada for Muslims and are still under the illusion that these people were all caused by Bush's entry into Iraq, rather than the idea that into Iraq or not, they were still coming. Perhaps Bush just sped up the timeline a bit....but Canada was also an ally that went into Iraq and no doubt our PM will do what he feels is right

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Colin Shelagh in Canada • Feb 4, 2015 at 21:27

If only more Western leaders followed your PM's lead.

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Andy Gill • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:57

Wilders is one of the few politicians who gets what jihad is, and one of the even fewer who dare say it out loud. Ne is a brave and principled man who dares to stand up for our culture and values.

As time goes by Wilders gains more and more credibility.

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Robert Sugar Andy Gill • Sep 4, 2014 at 18:48

Geert Wilders is one of the few and principled statesman in the West. He never wavered of his convictions and is very intelligent. The free world of whatever left of it needs more statesmen like him.

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GeoffM • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:54

Geert, you have said what the overwhelming majority of Europeans, Americans and Russians think.

But will our political "Elite" listen or keep their heads up their backsides until they come for them?

It falls to the people to break the cosy left-right consensus on multiculturalism and Muslim immigration.

When the experiment fails, as it has, you throw out the results.

How many times before our politicians learn? History tells us all we need to know - and history is repeating itself, thanks to our insane politicians.

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Susan Warner • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:47

Geert Wilders is a hero. And like most real heroes he is rejected by the ruling elite who financially benefit from their narratives. Yea Geert!!!!!

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Irene Gebhardt Freudenheim • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:34

Geert Wilders, as far as I know, belongs or used to belong (am writing this from Brazil and we know little about the Netherlands) to an extremist right party, to which I certainly would not adhere. But his message is clear and fair. If the West continues being "politically correct" instead of waking up and trying to save what is left of freedom and tolerance, it will have to pay a very high price for its cowardice and stupidity. Thank you, Geert Wilders, for not mincing words and taking risks.

But if he were in a left-wing party he'd never be allowed to say what he has, for our political elite are far more worried about being reelected then they are about the state of the world or their own country. They don't dare speak up, for the Muslims vote Liberal for the most part.

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Karl David Dorot • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:34

As a Jew, luckily, it was easy to chose the G_d of Einstein, Feynman and Oppenheimer; Spinoza. My father's father fell prey to the Dutch Reformed in Montana so I do not drink, smoke or do bad things very much. So, becoming a physicist and scientist helped lead me to Spinoza.... shall we say to reason, not dogma.

Religions cause trouble no matter where. Islam is a formula for disaster. The jihadists hear how the Crusades and later, the English in the 19th and 20th centuries poured into the mideast to grab power and put to death thousands of infidels (Muslims) who refused to adopt Christianity. Now, it is the Islamist jihadists that seek revenge at the edge of long knives. And, the Catholics of Spain and Portugal plundered South America where the Catholic priests baptising with the sword millions of South and Central Americans.

American Christians slaughtered millions of native Americans, burned Indian villages, stole their land and raped their women. Americans captured and enslaved millions of Africans for two hundred years, all the time praying for triumph over the Red Man, according a manifest destiny.

The Dutch plundered Africa and other lands to grab power and wealth. So, yes, it is barbarism and all of must share in the blame. Plenty of Dutchmen here in Minnesota, too. So far no trouble. They just like to be rich and kind, which they are. All of us hear about Anne Frank protected by the Dutch. Kindness happens..

Kick out the Islamists. Round them up and buy tickets for them. Meanwhile, kick out the religions and get down to science and reason! It is about time we listen to a few Nobel intellectuals, too.

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Diane Karl David Dorot • Sep 5, 2014 at 11:57

Don't lump all religions together. If Christian nations do awful things they're going against the teachings of their 'Good Book' and cannot be considered to be Christians. Most of what you described has Imperialism at its roots. If Muslims do awful things for Jihad they are acting in accordance with their holy book. Just because they are both religions (just as Atheism is a religion, believing in something by faith) it doesn't mean they have anything in common.
By the way, experimental science arose out of a Judeo/Christian European world view. Namely that God made an orderly universe and mankind should honour Him by 'thinking His thoughts after Him'

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Jane • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:20

A beacon of light and sanity in this dark wilderness. I am tired of PC mongers.

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Jane Jane • Sep 4, 2014 at 15:27

I neglected to add that I am posting the link to this story on relevant articles at all news sites I frequent. I hope that all of you are doing this as well.

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angry briton • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:10

Geert Wilders has been persecuted for telling the truth, he has refused to appease the 21st century 'Nazis' by keeping quiet. Meanwhile, the appeasers have unfortunately held the upper hand in Holland and the rest of Europe. We know from history what the Nazi response was to appeasement in the 30s, but it seems we are not going to learn from history. Geert Wilders said some years back that it was 'ten to twelve' for Europe, I would say that the chimes for midnight have started in Britain, and when we hear the twelfth chime we should all be ready for the knock on our doors.

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Jossef • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:08

Just like in the 1930s when Churchill was crying in the wilderness to indifferent Europeans (including Dutch) who preferred to sink their heads in the sand, history repeats itself and that same kind of cry is heard today from Geert Wilders. The day in which Wilders words will be accepted by the silent comfort-seeking majority will again come too late.

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Max • Sep 4, 2014 at 14:05

Absolutely brilliant. This is what Cameron should be saying here in the UK. But the tide is turning . Unfortunately Russia, China, ISIS - there is only one outcome: WW3

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K. Suibaf • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:49

The message of Geert Wilders here is strong, if not powerful. It is simplistic, but under the circumstances not without at least some realism. This complex situation has arisen from less complex, and even simple preconditions, which were ignored by people without vision but with responsibilities. The way ahead? Better quality information input in society. Second, organize better education for the people of this country, and other countries, EU-members, as long as the EU will exist. And the latter is less self-evident as many believe ... Third, local debates should be organized, well prepared by the best hearts and minds we (still) have amongst us. This is a crucial point in time, to be well interpreted using a.o. the symbolic interaction methodology, for peace.

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John • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:42

Geert is one of the heroes of the century almost single-handedly standing up to Islamism and its dangerous and brutal ideology. What Geert is saying is just common sense but unfortunately the political elite have another agenda. Staying in power is more important than the truth and the political elite hopefully one day will be charged with treason and forever be known as traitors.

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Steven Buckley • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:36

The conditioned response of the Western political elite thus far, goes something like this: "We must stop these young muslims becoming 'radicalised'" and "we must stop these young muslims from going to Syria/Iraq to commit atrocities". Both statements are deeply flawed.

Does anyone really expect a young muslim to become "de-radicalised" by the words or "good intentions" of non-muslims? As I keep repeating, "radicalisation" is a word invented by the West to try to explain a process which often has nothing to do with the actions of non-muslims; it is simply the moment a muslim stops enacting "Mecca Islam" and starts enacting "Medina Islam".

"When I was still a member of what is probably best termed the British Jihadi Network, a series of semi-autonomous British Muslim terrorist groups linked by a single ideology, I remember how we used to laugh in celebration whenever people on TV proclaimed that the sole cause for Islamic acts of terror like 9/11, the Madrid bombings and 7/7 was Western foreign policy.

By blaming the government for our actions, those who pushed the 'Blair's bombs' line did our propaganda work for us. More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology."

Once a muslim has become "radicalised", why should anyone want him(or her) to remain in a country which he/she regards as "inferior"? What is the logic behind this wish to retain on our shores people whose value system is clearly at odds with the rest of us?

"Do not prevent jihadists from leaving our country. Let them leave, with as many friends as possible. If it helps, I am even prepared to go to Schiphol [airport] to wave them goodbye. But let them never come back. That is the condition. Good riddance."

Well said. Now dare we ask if Wilders speaks for the majority? We all know the answer.....

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Ariel • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:36

Gert Wilders sounded the alarm for the Netherlands ten years ago. Now the people have awakened to his warning. Time for the world to wake up to the swift advance of Islamists who want to take over the world and rule by Sharia.We have no time to waste.

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Ariane Hechter • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:32

Unfortunately, he was right and still is. Our civilisation is doomed because our elite is afraid to uphold our values. Sic transit gloria mundi.

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DockyWocky • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:28

Geert Wilders should be awarded the Nobel Prize for warning the Western world about the blatant dangers of creeping Islamification.

Oh? You say the Nobel Committee doesn't have a category of "Warnings about creeping Islamification?"

Well, they better damn well add on and add it soon.

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Dr. S. Perla (Mr.) • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:25

Mr. Wilders is an exceptional wise and brave politician, a rare phenomenon among his European colleagues.

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Denis J Monette • Sep 4, 2014 at 13:24

The article unfortunately is truthful and accurate.

Having served at the World Trade Center Attacks of 9/11 in the days after is a daily reminder of what continues to be a serious threat to Democracy Worldwide

Denis J Monette

Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Nassau county NY USAResearch Fellow ICT International Institute for CounterTerrorism

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Bob Seifert Denis J Monette • Sep 4, 2014 at 19:51

My wish is that Mr. Wilders words could be echoed across the USA loud and clear as we are falling into the trap of fear. Fear of being branded 'islamophobic', racists and non politically correct. All tools used by these Jihadists in their war in the early phases as they gain numbers and strength.Our politicians only give them safe harbor with laws protecting them against "Hate speech" otherwise known as the truth.
Would that his words rang out in the halls of congress for all to hear and learn from before it is too late.

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